March 2019

Bir Lehlu (SADR Liberated Territories), March 14, 2019 (SPS) - the President of the Republic, Brahim Gali, sent Tuesday messages to the presidents of Mozambique and Zimbabwe, SSEE Filipe Nyussi and Emmerson Mnangagwa, in which he expressed his deep sorrow for the victims of cyclone Idai that hit those African nations.
The Saharawi leader transmitted on behalf of the Government and the Saharawi people their support and fraternal and unconditional solidarity to the victims and the relatives of the victims.

Tiflet (Morocco), March 18, 2019 (SPS) - Sahrawi political prisoner of Gdeim Izik group, Mohamed Bourial, has announced at Tiflet 2 prison, east of Rabat, that he will initiated an unlimited hunger as from Wednesday. 
According to the Association for the Protection of Sahrawi Prisoners, the hunger strike comes in protest against the harsh conditions of detention

Boujdour (Occupied Territories), March 17, 2019 (SPS) - Sahrawi student Brahim Babiet was brutally attacked on Saturday by Moroccan forces in front of the so-called Omar Bin Al-Khattab Preparatory School in the occupied city of Boujdour, on the background of his activism in the school movement, leaving him with injured elbow. 

Geneva, March 16, 2018 (SPS) - Hundreds of Saharawi community in Europe on Friday held demonstration in Swiss capital Geneva, denouncing the Moroccan occupation of Western Sahara and the lack of progress in the UN-sponsored settlement process.

La Coruña (Galicia), March 14, 2019 (SPS) -The Peace and Freedom Intergroup for the Sahrawi People in the Galician Parliament met with the delegate of the Frente POLISARIO, Jira Bulahi, to evaluate the current situation and present the plan action for 2019.

Panama, March 12, 2019 (SPS) -.The Saharawi Embassy in Panama organized this March 9 in Colon, the second most important city in the country, a series of activities marking the 43rd Anniversary of the Proclamation of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.

El Aaiún (Occupied capital of Western Sahara), March 12, 2019 (SPS) - The political prisoners of the Gdeim Izik Group have announced on Monday that they will begin a simultaneous alarming hunger strike in several Moroccan prisons in protest of their continued arbitrary detention and the miserable and inhumane conditions.
According to sources close to the families of these prisoners, the hunger strike is the beginning of a series of battles to demand an end to the suffering of their families with the unconditional release of Saharawi prisoners.

Bir-Lahlou, March 11, 2019 (SPS) -  President of the Republic, Secretary General of the POLISARIO Front, Brahim Ghali, has sent a message of condolences to President of the Republic of Kenya, Uhuru Kenyatta, on the airlines tragic crash.
“On behalf of the people and government of Sahrawi Republic, I would like to express my deepest and most sincere condolences to the families and friends of the victims of this tragic crash, and the Kenyan people as a whole,” said the president of the Republic.

New York, March 10, 2019 (SPS) - UN Special Envoy for Western Sahara Horst Kohler will invite the parties to the conflict and neighboring countries for a new round table in Geneva, scheduled for 21-22 March, said Saturday sources close to the issue.
Like the previous round table, held in December in the same Swiss city, the second meeting will also last two days.
The parties haven’t received yet the invitations confirming officially the date and place of this meeting, according to the sources.

El-Aaiun (Occupied Territories), March 9, 2019 (SPS) - Moroccan forces on Friday intervened violently against Sahrawi women who went out to demonstrate in the occupied capital  of Western Sahara, El-Aaiun, on International Women's Day.
The occupation forces have besieged Sahrawi women in the area of the so-called Colomina before they intervened violently, which led to many casualties among some of them with serious injuries.
Morocco has a black record in targeting Sahrawi women and violating their rights. (SPS)
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March 8, 2019 Written by Adalauk
The 8th March is celebrated around the world as International Women’s Day, recognising the important role women play in the development of our societies.
The Saharawi woman celebrates this day under the constant threat of attacks on her physical integrity, insults, sexual assault, kidnap, ridicule, beatings and other forms of humiliation, committed against her by the Moroccan state, as a result of her participation in peaceable demonstrations to demand respect for human rights in Western Sahara.

Shaheed Al Hafed, March 9, 2019 (SPS) - President of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR), Brahim Ghali, said on Thursday that the policies adopted by the Moroccan occupier against the Sahrawis in the occupied territories "will not deter the Sahrawi struggle for freedom and independence".

Stockholm, Sweden, March 07, 2019 (SPS) - Minister of Cooperation of the Sahrawi Government, Mr. Bulahi Saiid, started on Thursday a working visit to Sweden. He is expected to meet representatives of the government, parties and the Swedish civil society according of diplomatic source from Frente POLISARIO’s representative in Sweden
Minister of Cooperation was received in the beginning of his visit by the Deputy Speaker of the Swedish Parliament and Swedish Left Party MP Lotta Johansen

Cordoba (Andalucia), March 07, 2019 (SPA) - The Union of Journalists of Andalusia (SPA) awarded its annual prize to Equipe Media, an organization that works in the occupied areas of Western Sahara, for his constant work in defense of human rights and the effort to break the media block in the occupied areas by Morocco.

Bir Lehlou (SADR Liberated Territories), March 07, 2019 (SPS) - the President of the Republic, Brahim Gali sent a congratulatory message to the President of the Republic of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on the occasion of the LXII Anniversary of the independence of Ghana,

Chahid El Hafed (Saharawi Refugee Camps), March 06, 2018 (SPS) - President of Republic, Brahim Gali received Monday, a delegation from the Committee on Intelligence and Security Services in Africa (CISSA) which undertakes an official visit to the Saharawi Republic.

Berlin (Germany), March 4, 2019 (SPS) - The Polisario Front delegation to negotiations on Western Sahara conflict on Monday met with the UN Secretary-General’s Personal Envoy for Western Sahara, Horst Koehler, in German capital Berlin in a closed-door consultation session in preparation for a similar meeting with Morocco.
The Sahrawi delegation is led by member of the Polisario Front's national secretariat, Khatri Addouh, chairman of the Saharawi National Council.

Berlin, March 3, 2019 (SPS) - At the invitation of the Personal Envoy of the UN Secretary-General for Western Sahara, Horst Köhler, the Sahrawi negotiating delegation will hold consultations with Mr. Koehler in German capital Berlin from Monday to Tuesday.

Awsard (Refugee Camps), March 3, 2019 (SPS) - The President of the Republic, Secretary General of the Polisario Front, Brahim Ghali, accompanied by wali Awsard, Mariam Salek Hmada, received the delegation of French solidarity activists who were on a visit to Sahrawi refugee camps for participation in the celebrations commemorating the 43rd anniversary of the proclamation of the Sahrawi Republic and the Sahara Marathon.

Bouzkaren (Morocco), March 02, 2019 (SPS) - The local prison administration of Bouzkarn, Morocco, on Thursday transferred Sahrawi political prisoner Yahya Mohammed Alhafed Izzah to a hospital in the city of Guelmim after a severe deterioration in his health condition.
He endured severe hard breathing due to asthma and inhumane detention conditions in Bouzkaren prison, in addition to the negative effects on his health after being placed in a cell that lacks proper health conditions, located in neighborhoods designated for prisoners of public rights.